o' Henry dwarf peach tree

o' Henry dwarf peach tree

Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:03 am

This is my o ' henry peach tree. I purchased it last year. I didn't get any peaches last year. I think I didn't gave it enough fertilizer. I was using fish emulsion. It had little peaches about the size of a pea but they always fell off.I tried pruning it not sure if I did it right. I also plan on planting It in the ground in the front yard. I desperately would like peaches this year any info would help. I am definitely a novice gardner!!!

Re: o' Henry dwarf peach tree

Re: o' Henry dwarf peach tree

Tue Apr 07, 2015 8:04 am

A layer of bark mulch six inches away from the trunk and out to the drip edge of your tree every spring. No nitrogenous fertilizers like fish emulsion. Liquid fertilizers are too hot for your tree, they make spindly branches prone to breaking.

When your tree first makes blossoms. Pick off eight out of every ten baby fruits. if those survive to ripe, the next year you can only pick off seven out of ten baby fruits.

Leaving too many fruits on a young tree can break off branches, or cause fruit drop (meaning all fruit falls off). Go slow and grow big slowly.

Re: o' Henry dwarf peach tree

Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:17 pm

Hi Tommy....Like tomc I agree that it is unwise to give too much nitrogen to any fruiting tree when it is at the blossom stage.The nutrient can encourage a burst of growth in the tree just as you want all its Input to be on the growing fruitlets.It can even encourage fruit drop. One other thing that came to mind. Have you any other peaches in the area? If not then your tree may need a little help at pollination time. The fact that you are suffering so much drop could be partially explained by poor pollination.A soft paint brush around the flowers at bloom stage is always a belt and braces way to ensure that that is not the problem.

Re: o' Henry dwarf peach tree

Re: o' Henry dwarf peach tree

Wed Apr 22, 2015 12:25 am

I planted the tree out of the pot and have bark mulch around the drip line. Its now budding/flowering not sure what to pick off. Also I don't know how to pollinate it with a q tip. iam havin a hard time posting a picture but I will keep trying

Re: o' Henry dwarf peach tree

Re: o' Henry dwarf peach tree

Sat May 16, 2015 11:16 am

Update: I have tons of baby peaches on tree I was about to thin them out when I noticed I have some type of disease going on. Does anybody know what it is and how to treat it? Also I noticed I have some fruits that look like double peaches should they be trimmed first?

Re: o' Henry dwarf peach tree

Fri May 29, 2015 8:59 pm

Hi, So I learned the hard way this is peach leaf curl. it is a fungus & the tree is supposed to be sprayed in the dormant stage before the Spring for prevention. I was told to remove the affected leaves even from the ground. Though I read here http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7426.html that it doesn't really help. This link also gives all the info we need to manage & prevent for next year.Seems it is too late in the season for us to do anything about this except wait & hope the fruits aren't too affected. Hope this helps!